I hope you all have a very safe and comforting New Year's.  See you all in 2017 and thanks, as always, for your continued support. Sincerely, Letters From A Tapehead

"I have four children, and I want them to grow up in a country that has a working First Amendment. " Happy Birthday, Frank . Sincerely, Letters From A Tapehead

So, 2016 actually brought us something good before its end: New single from Run The Jewels !  Check out "Legend Has It:" Preorder link is here . From RTJ:  For our Jewel Runners, Holy Shit. We can't believe we get to finally write this to you... RTJ3 IS READY!!!! After a straight year of work the next chapter in this madness is done. We'll spare you too much talk but we will say this: thank you so much for making RUN THE JEWELS the most amazing experience either of us have had in our careers. We hope you feel the love and time we put in to this record and can't wait to share it with you and see you out on the road. Whether you buy it, download it for free, steal it from your annoying cousin or hear it at a show, just know that we are eternally grateful for the love you've shown us. Thank you thank you thank you thank you. Love, Jaime and Mike MARK YOUR CALENDARS! RTJ3 DROPS WORLDWIDE DIGITALLY JANUARY 13TH PHYSICAL CD & LP OUT JANUARY 13T...

David Rosen : "Devil" (via Wally Madson/Soundcloud) Earthen Sea : "About That Time" (via Rarely Unable/ Kranky /Soundcloud) Serafim Tsotsonis : "Imaginary Fields" (via Terrorbird Media /Hush Hush Records/Soundcloud) Peter Broderick : "It's a Storm When I Sleep" (via Julian T. Schoen/ Erased Tapes /Soundcloud Sincerely, Letters From A Tapehead

In a little less than a month, I’ll be turning 40 years-old. As this has been a year of relative silence from me, (as my day-to-day responsibilities have grown and the endurance with which I can pursue my passions, namely Letters From A Tapehead, have become nil), I’ve been faced with an inbox brimming with evidence that I may have reached some level of irrelevance, that my experience, understanding, and ideas regarding music may be outdated. It seems the natural conclusion when you’re well past the point of no return, unable to bargain with your record collection or penchant for late nights at any number of venues for a few more years of connection. I’ve been pondering what it means to be faced with the likelihood of meaninglessness in music's modern age; to be someone for whom music is no longer meant to target or embrace; to be a near-obsessive record fanatic sometimes confused by the so-called cream of pop's current crop. And, now, I get to be one of those guys: the aged ...

Today's the day, people.  Head on out.  Sincerely, Letters From A Tapehead

Cassette Store Day is probably unnecessary.  I won't pretend there's any real need to promote cassettes in the download era, even if the format's cool factor has heightened over the last five or more years.  I'm one who still enjoys listening to certain albums via tape deck, aware that, for indie circles, (and not "indie" as genre, but indie as independent), cassettes provide artists and labels the means to retain the purity of the physical format cheaply.  Plus, there's always the potential to create something that looks cool. I met up with my friend, Chris, Saturday morning outside of Repo Records, a rather dreary day on still-sleepy South Street.  Repo was the only spot in Philadelphia, (or Pennsylvania for that matter), participating in the aforementioned Cassette Store Day, which is another event prompting labels to kick out special releases and encouraging stores to stock them for the sake of increased foot traffic and earnings potential. Rad...